Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

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ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.
Miss MARY CLAYTON BLACK. .
daughter of the late Jeremiah Black. is
about to publish q biography of her
| father.
Mrs. HARRIET B. MAvIs. Of Bur
lingame, Kan, has taken patent for
. board designed to hold shirt while
its front and back are being ironed.
Miss KATE RYAN, of Brooklyn. N.
Y. has patented q filling attachment
for hot-water rubber-bags, so that they
can be filed without scalding the hands
Miss ANNIE Thomas, of Billings. NJ.
T., conducts 6.0O0-acre ranch, looks
after valuable timber property. and has
an interest in two paying mines near
Butte City.
Miss LILLE NJ. PACKARD. who grad
uated from the College Of Liberal Arts.
Boston University, this year has be-
come teacher of mathematics in Lasell
Seminary, at Auburndale.
EMMA ErHERIDGE BARLOW, of Cold
water, Mich. has completed the stu
dents regular law course of study.
Mrs. Barlow has spent some time
abroad, and is woman of liberal edu-
cation.
Mrs. FANNIE Fl. FOWLER, in her col
umn. The Woman's Empire" in Man.
istee, Mich, deals with Rev. c. l..
Woodwork. Secretary of the American
Missionary Society, who some time
since set forth the ante-sutfrage ground
in Good Cheer.
Mrs. ERNEST HART has done much
to help the suffering Donegal peas
antry by system of cottage indus
tries. Glove-knitting, crocheting and
embroidery give many poor Irish
women chance to earn a few shill.
lings to help the family fund.
Mrs. BESSIE WHITE HAGER, of Louis
vile. KY. has compelled the State
Board of Pharmacy to grant her GER
tificate to dispense medicine as chem
ist. Although she had a pharmacists
diploma, the Board refused to examine
her, but have now been compelled to
do so by the courts.
MARY A. HENDRICKS. of Charleston.
S. c.. has patented folding invalid
chair. 1t is designed as commode or
AS an upright reclining chair, or both.
ut pleasure. and when not IN use may
be folded in small compass for trans
portation or storage. 1t is simple and
durable.
Mrs. LOGAN says: at has happened
that in cases of illness or disability OF
men clerks the wives performed the
duties of their husbands, drawing in
their name the salary as if they had
performed the work. In one case the
wife kept up her husbands desk for
three years. receiving the $1,000. and
thereby supporting the family; but
from the day of his death. though she
continued the same work. her salary
was reduced to $780,"
Miss CAROLINE w. HALL, of Boston,
was awarded medal ut the recent dis
tribution of prizes at the Academy OF
Fine Arts in Milan, Italy, she being
one of the four fortunate contestants
in the school of landscape painting.
Her subject was part of the grounds
surrounding the home of the great
Leonardo da Vinoi. Miss Hall also
distinguished herself in the winter class
of decorative oil painting. This is
the second year she has taken prize
medal.
Miss SARAH ANGIE FRENCH. of Cam
terbury, N. IL has recently graduated
with honors ut the Medical College of
the New York Intirmary. She has
spent four years in hospitals and medi-
cal colleges in Boston and New York.
and has refused offers with large sala-
ries for services in Egypt and India.
She has now accepted the position OF
senior resident physician ut the institu.
ton from which she has just graduated.
for one year. after which she intends
to spend two years in study in Paris
and Vienna, and then settle in New
York City.